Job summary
Home First Hub is an integrated discharge team working with our Acute hospitals across Norfolk to support patients through their discharge home, community inpatient unit or to residential placement.

It is a multidisciplinary team of clinical and social professionals dedicated to patient recovery and wellbeing. EEC is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our team in providing reablement assessment to a specific cohort of patients across a 5 day service Monday to Friday.

This role will focus on patients who are not able to immediately return home or enter a community in patient unit but require a period of recovery, reablement, and assessment to understand their long term needs and goals. It will involve linking with our team at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and visiting patients in their short term placements in residential homes across Norfolk.

Applications for full time hours are welcomed. Part time hours may be considered as part of a job share.

Main duties of the job
To contribute to the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within care homes by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care.

Be responsible for delivery of care in a reablement and recovery setting.

To support an environment where all team members are responsible for a reablement ethos using a positive risk-taking approach for patients, their carers and families.

To support patients being as independent as possible within their functional limits.

To work as part of a multidisciplinary team within a quality framework to ensure that the highest standards of care are met.

To support and deliver innovation within discharge practice and pathways.

To work with system partners including the voluntary sector to ensure that patients experience is a seamless transfer of care back home or to a long term placement.

Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care to a named group of patients.

Work proactively within the team to achieve unit and trust goals and objectives.

Work with and promote recognised policies, protocols, and guidelines.

Work with HFH team to identify opportunities for learning and improvement specific to this patient cohort.

About us
Find out more about working for our organisation here:
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/2565ae62eb.html

Please note, the selection processes at East of England Community Health and Care Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills.

Please note we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

Details
Date posted: 26 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: Depending on experience
pro rata pa
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 839-8243128-JH
Job locations: Norwich Community Hospital
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities

• To undertaketherapy assessments and treatment plans for patients with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• To work within the integrated team to facilitate supported discharge
• To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non-statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
• To support learning within the role and patient cohort with a view to understanding and evidencing the longer terms needs for this cohort within the wider NHS and social services.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Graduate Diploma or 1st Level degree in Occupational Therapy
• Current HCPC registration

Desirable

• Clinical Educators qualification

Experience
Essential

• Previous experience of elderly rehabilitation
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Experience of community working

Skills
Essential

• Evidence of a higher level of skills and knowledge of practice.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly motivated and team player
• Able to demonstrate tact, diplomacy, empathy and sensitivity
• Good observational & reporting skills
• Ability to manage stressful situations and use own initiative
• Leadership skills
• Work flexibly to accommodate patient / service needs
• Have basic IT and standard keyboard skills
• Be able to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
• Be able to manoeuvre limbs and patients using handling aids

Desirable

• Awareness of Assistive Technology

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Be reliable
• Be able to contribute to 5 day working rota
• Be able to prioritise and manage own workload

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Address: Norwich Community Hospital
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.eastofenglandcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Service Lead Home First Hub
Julie Anderson
julie.anderson@nhs.net
07595647744

Supporting documents
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.